TheGatesOfCreation/HeavensArmory
- Skybreaker
- Orichalcum & jade flamepiece
One of the legendary weapons of the Primordial War, Skybreaker is the apotheosis of the flamepiece design. An elegant, long-barrelled weapon with stock carved from hard-grained wood grown from a now-extinct forest on the slopes of Mount Meru, its centrepiece is the Five-Dragon Congregator. A fist-sized sphere of celestial crystal containing a self-replenishing reservoir of five liquid jades and controlled via a series of intricate yet intuitive dials on the side of the weapon, this masterpiece of alchemical engineering can synthesise alchemical shot. Skybreaker is also capable of firing relic shells (artefact-rated “bullets”), which are both rare and difficult to create. The weapon requires the commitment of 10 motes to be used and has sockets for two hearthstones set into the stock.
- Speed 5, Accuracy +4, Damage 16L, Rate 3, Range 75, Ammo Infinite / 1, Mins: Dex •••• Archery •••••
Skybreaker has the following additional powers:
- By spending a miscellaneous action (Speed 6) the wielder can set Skybreaker to fire any type of alchemical shot for which he knows the formula. This can be done reflexively if the Exalt spends 3 motes.
- Attacks made with Skybreaker never suffer from, or cause, multiple action penalties.
- Damage inflicted on demons with Skybreaker cannot be reduced to less than eight dice by any means.
- By spending 7 motes the wielder causes all attacks made with Skybreaker to have a blast radius of five yards for his next pass. This blast effect applies equally to alchemical shot or relic shells and is heralded by a sound that gave the weapon its name.
